Ecological Footprint Comparison 1. Go to one of these sites and complete the form and find your footprint. 1.9 hectares. 2. Go to one other site and do the same. 4.4 hectares. 3. Compare the result. Compare the question they ask and the biases if any. The first site compare to the second is more complex. However‚ the question is all base on the same‚ but the first test is more specific. The result from second site is 2 times more from the first site. They are all focus on pollution absorption
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A personal ecological footprint is measured by the number of natural resources an individual uses. After taking a ecological footprint quiz‚ I learned that it would take 4.5 earths to support me and my daily useage. The quiz breaks down you usage by five categories. These categories include food‚ shelter‚ mobility‚ goods and service. In order of greatest usage to least‚ my categories were in the following order: services‚ food‚ shelter‚ goods and mobility. Services and goods can be defined
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In this week’s forum one of the question ask is‚ how big is my protein footprint? It also asks‚ does a meat rich diet have a negative impact on our environment? And does it contribute to global warming? With a very small percentage of Americans following a vegetarian diet. I will say that my protein footprint is about the same as the majority of the US population. I understand that a good source of protein can be found in nuts‚ black beans and lentils. However the number one source of
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reduce their environmental footprint. In order to achieve this‚ they focus on the amount of water‚ energy and the materials they use. For example‚ they created a way of reducing the amount of cups for take away with an ecofriendly idea. All of this is always done thinking in the comfort and happiness of their clients‚ that’s why they also created a method for their customers to opinion about their service. Their mission is the following: “to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person‚ one
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What can we do to reduce our ecological footprint? There are many thing. For example‚ in our house‚ we compost all organic matter. We also recycle everything that our local community accepts at the recycling center. In addition‚ we often choose the items we buy based on the amount of packaging they have. The combination of these three things reduces our garbage output to only one 30-gallon bag every two weeks for a family of two. Not too bad. And the compost we make goes into our organic garden plot
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Carbon Footprint Paper I chose to do my carbon footprint through http://coolclimate.berkeley.edu. This website provided me with an action plan on ways to reduce tons of CO2/year. Although with that said‚ I was surprised with the result which showed that we are doing 23.8% better than the average household in my area within the same income level. Our travel added up to be 1.9 tons of CO2/year which turned out to be 88.5% better than the average household. Our housing on the other hand came out to
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planet that high on our company’s list of business priorities‚ we’ve been measuring our carbon footprint for years‚ but always through a 100% manual‚ labor intensive process that required a healthy dose of estimating. But now thanks to groundbreaking new software‚ Stonyfield is able to track and measure our actual amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions automatically with a real-time carbon footprint
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SUSTAINABILITY My ecological footprint: After taking my Ecological Footprint quiz‚ it seems that to support the lifestyle I’m living‚ it takes 3.4 hectares of the Earth’s productive area and it requires the regenerative capacity of 1.9 planets each year. If everyone lived the same lifestyle as I do‚ it would take about 1.9 planets each year to sustain the human population – shocking‚ isn’t it? I try to make a effort to help the environment by purchasing organic food where possible‚ I don’t eat
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Chemistry A carbon footprint is a measure of the effect you have on the climate in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases you produce. Based on my daily behavior‚ my carbon footprint is about 57.41‚ and I would need about 3.65 Earths to keep my behavior. My score isn ’t that bad because everyone else ’s scores were higher‚ however‚ my score could always be better. The area that I am below the U.S. average reflects positively off of me living in a small apartment building‚ turning off appliances
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A Giant Babylonian Footprint Everyone has heard of Babylonia at least once in their life. Although‚ very few know much about this civilization‚ Which means that few know about the impact the Babylonians had on modem day. Agriculture‚ religion‚ and social structure. Babylonians is a civilization that was located in what is now known as lrap. The Babylonians thrived from 1894 BC to 539 BC‚ and even appeared in the Bible. Babylonia also appears in several events in history. We need to acknowledge the
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